Joe Miller, Lisa Murkowski, and the Republican Party
From Senate Conservatives Fund
“Dear Friends:
You’re not going to believe what happened yesterday. Just when I thought Republicans in Washington were beginning to get the message, they went back to business as usual.
As you know, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski lost the Republican primary to her conservative challenger, Joe Miller, in a fair fight. But instead of graciously conceding and endorsing the Republican nominee, Murkowski announced that she will continue her campaign as an independent write-in candidate.
Senate Republicans held a closed-door meeting yesterday afternoon to elect someone to replace Senator Murkowski as the top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Or so we thought.
Rather than taking away Murkowski’s leadership position on the committee, Senate Republicans decided to let her keep it. One senator after another stood up to argue in favor of protecting her place on the committee—a position she will no doubt use in her campaign against Joe Miller, the conservative Republican nominee.
It was bad enough to watch my colleagues work to support her in the primary after she had built a record of betraying conservatives principles. But watching them back her after she left the party and launched a campaign against the Republican nominee was more than I could bear.
I spoke out against the motion and I voted against it. But the good ol’ boys Senate club, which always protects its own, prevailed. The motion was adopted by secret ballot and the final tally was not disclosed.
Support Joe Miller for U.S. Senate
https://senateconservatives.com/joemiller?c=EY4C9B3B05D0930
Keep in mind that I was attacked just last week by the Washington establishment for supporting Christine O'Donnell—a conservative—because they believe her nomination will hand the seat to a Democrat in Delaware. This week, however, that same establishment voted to help Lisa Murkowski—a moderate—defeat the Republican nominee, which could hand the seat to a Democrat in Alaska.
Marc Thiessen addressed this double standard in a column he wrote for the Washington Post on Tuesday, which you can read here. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/20/AR2010092003019.html) Here’s an excerpt:
‘In that sense of entitlement, Murkowski is not alone. All last week, we heard the GOP establishment complain how the Tea Party is threatening Republican unity by pursuing ‘ideological purity’ at the expense of a ‘big tent’ party. But Tea Party-endorsed candidates are the ones who have stayed within the GOP tent. Rather than launching destructive third-party bids, fiscally conservative insurgents have contested GOP primaries—and when they have lost, they have endorsed their establishment opponents virtually without fail.
Contrast that with the record of the establishment candidates. When it became clear Charlie Crist would lose to Marco Rubio in Florida’s Senate race, Crist bolted the GOP and decided to run as an independent. When Arlen Specter saw he would lose to Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania’s Senate race, he became a Democrat. And, after losing the GOP nomination in Alaska, Murkowski is running as an independent write-in candidate. And yet, we are told that it is the Tea Party that is dividing the GOP and threatening party unity. For establishment candidates, unity seems to be a one-way street. The message to Tea Party activists across the country is: We want your votes but not your candidates.
The idea that DeMint and the Tea Party are threatening the GOP’s chances for reclaiming the majority is absurd. Republicans wouldn't have a shot at taking back either the House or Senate were it not for the Tea Party movement, which has both energized the conservative base and attracted independents to the GOP by promising to reform the party and restore fiscal sanity in Washington. The best way to dispirit the conservative base and lose those independents would be to take back the majority and go back to business as usual.’ (click here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/20/AR2010092003019.html) to read Thiessen’s column)
Support Joe Miller for U.S. Senate
https://senateconservatives.com/joemiller?c=EY4C9B3B05D0930
Yesterday’s decision by Senate Republicans to hurt the conservative nominee in Alaska is certainly dispiriting, but it’s also a healthy reminder that we must keep fighting to elect new Republicans who won't continue business as usual. If we’re going to change Washington, we have to change the people we send to Washington. It’s that simple.
Please join me today in supporting Joe Miller for U.S. Senate in Alaska. The Washington establishment is doing everything it can to help Lisa Murkowski hold on to power. The grassroots defeated her once in the primary election and we can do it again in November.
We’ve set a goal of raising $150,000 for Joe Miller’s campaign. Please help us reach it and please give a little extra to the Senate Conservatives Fund while you’re at it. Senator Murkowski said the ‘gloves are now off’ when she announced her write-in campaign against Joe Miller. By giving to SCF, we will be able to run ads in Alaska that stops her campaign dead in its tracks.
Thank you for standing up for freedom. Washington may not be listening now but it will be in November.
Respectfully,
Jim DeMint
United States Senator
Chairman, Senate Conservatives Fund
Support Joe Miller for U.S. Senate
https://senateconservatives.com/joemiller?c=EY4C9B3B05D0930”
My take on this issue: If the Republican Party will not wholeheartedly support candidates who have legitimately won the nomination in the Republican Party primary(s) then it is time to establish a new conservative party in this nation. The RINO Republican Party members have three basic choices—support the candidates of the Party, obstruct the candidates of the Party that they don’t choose to support, or get out of the way. If they obstruct the candidates of the Party, it’s time to kick them out of the Party or start a new Conservative Party that will support conservative candidates. It’s that simple!
From Senate Conservatives Fund
“Dear Friends:
You’re not going to believe what happened yesterday. Just when I thought Republicans in Washington were beginning to get the message, they went back to business as usual.
As you know, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski lost the Republican primary to her conservative challenger, Joe Miller, in a fair fight. But instead of graciously conceding and endorsing the Republican nominee, Murkowski announced that she will continue her campaign as an independent write-in candidate.
Senate Republicans held a closed-door meeting yesterday afternoon to elect someone to replace Senator Murkowski as the top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Or so we thought.
Rather than taking away Murkowski’s leadership position on the committee, Senate Republicans decided to let her keep it. One senator after another stood up to argue in favor of protecting her place on the committee—a position she will no doubt use in her campaign against Joe Miller, the conservative Republican nominee.
It was bad enough to watch my colleagues work to support her in the primary after she had built a record of betraying conservatives principles. But watching them back her after she left the party and launched a campaign against the Republican nominee was more than I could bear.
I spoke out against the motion and I voted against it. But the good ol’ boys Senate club, which always protects its own, prevailed. The motion was adopted by secret ballot and the final tally was not disclosed.
Support Joe Miller for U.S. Senate
https://senateconservatives.com/joemiller?c=EY4C9B3B05D0930
Keep in mind that I was attacked just last week by the Washington establishment for supporting Christine O'Donnell—a conservative—because they believe her nomination will hand the seat to a Democrat in Delaware. This week, however, that same establishment voted to help Lisa Murkowski—a moderate—defeat the Republican nominee, which could hand the seat to a Democrat in Alaska.
Marc Thiessen addressed this double standard in a column he wrote for the Washington Post on Tuesday, which you can read here. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/20/AR2010092003019.html) Here’s an excerpt:
‘In that sense of entitlement, Murkowski is not alone. All last week, we heard the GOP establishment complain how the Tea Party is threatening Republican unity by pursuing ‘ideological purity’ at the expense of a ‘big tent’ party. But Tea Party-endorsed candidates are the ones who have stayed within the GOP tent. Rather than launching destructive third-party bids, fiscally conservative insurgents have contested GOP primaries—and when they have lost, they have endorsed their establishment opponents virtually without fail.
Contrast that with the record of the establishment candidates. When it became clear Charlie Crist would lose to Marco Rubio in Florida’s Senate race, Crist bolted the GOP and decided to run as an independent. When Arlen Specter saw he would lose to Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania’s Senate race, he became a Democrat. And, after losing the GOP nomination in Alaska, Murkowski is running as an independent write-in candidate. And yet, we are told that it is the Tea Party that is dividing the GOP and threatening party unity. For establishment candidates, unity seems to be a one-way street. The message to Tea Party activists across the country is: We want your votes but not your candidates.
The idea that DeMint and the Tea Party are threatening the GOP’s chances for reclaiming the majority is absurd. Republicans wouldn't have a shot at taking back either the House or Senate were it not for the Tea Party movement, which has both energized the conservative base and attracted independents to the GOP by promising to reform the party and restore fiscal sanity in Washington. The best way to dispirit the conservative base and lose those independents would be to take back the majority and go back to business as usual.’ (click here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/20/AR2010092003019.html) to read Thiessen’s column)
Support Joe Miller for U.S. Senate
https://senateconservatives.com/joemiller?c=EY4C9B3B05D0930
Yesterday’s decision by Senate Republicans to hurt the conservative nominee in Alaska is certainly dispiriting, but it’s also a healthy reminder that we must keep fighting to elect new Republicans who won't continue business as usual. If we’re going to change Washington, we have to change the people we send to Washington. It’s that simple.
Please join me today in supporting Joe Miller for U.S. Senate in Alaska. The Washington establishment is doing everything it can to help Lisa Murkowski hold on to power. The grassroots defeated her once in the primary election and we can do it again in November.
We’ve set a goal of raising $150,000 for Joe Miller’s campaign. Please help us reach it and please give a little extra to the Senate Conservatives Fund while you’re at it. Senator Murkowski said the ‘gloves are now off’ when she announced her write-in campaign against Joe Miller. By giving to SCF, we will be able to run ads in Alaska that stops her campaign dead in its tracks.
Thank you for standing up for freedom. Washington may not be listening now but it will be in November.
Respectfully,
Jim DeMint
United States Senator
Chairman, Senate Conservatives Fund
Support Joe Miller for U.S. Senate
https://senateconservatives.com/joemiller?c=EY4C9B3B05D0930”
My take on this issue: If the Republican Party will not wholeheartedly support candidates who have legitimately won the nomination in the Republican Party primary(s) then it is time to establish a new conservative party in this nation. The RINO Republican Party members have three basic choices—support the candidates of the Party, obstruct the candidates of the Party that they don’t choose to support, or get out of the way. If they obstruct the candidates of the Party, it’s time to kick them out of the Party or start a new Conservative Party that will support conservative candidates. It’s that simple!
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